Jack Hunt

Jack Paul Hunt (born 6 December 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for club Bristol Rovers.

Though primarily a right back, Hunt can also play on the right of midfield.

He then played the full 90minutes plus extra time in the final as Huddersfield Town went on to win promotion after an 8–7 penalty shoot-out win over fellow Yorkshire club Sheffield United with Hunt scoring the 17th penalty of the shootout.

Following the club's promotion to the Championship, Hunt signed a one-year contract extension.

Having joined up with Huddersfield Town at the age of nine, Hunt went through the club's academy system, starting in May 2008 and signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2009.

Having previously appeared as an unused substitute for Lee Clark's first team on four occasions throughout the 2009–10 season at Huddersfield Town, Hunt signed a contract extension with Huddersfield Town in March 2010.

In the 2009–10 season, he was sent on loan to Conference National side Grays Athletic.

Hunt made four appearances for Grays Athletic before returning to his parent club.

Hunt finished the 2010–11 season, making twenty appearances for the club.

In the 2010–11 season, Huddersfield manager Lee Clark sent Hunt out on loan to Football League Two side Chesterfield for six months, which lasted until January.

Hunt made his debut in the 2–1 win over Barnet on 7 August 2010.

Then on 11 September 2010, Hunt provided an assist for Scott Boden to score the equaliser, in a 1–1 draw against Morecambe.

After his loan spell at Chesterfield came to an end, Hunt made his Huddersfield debut as a substitute in the 0–0 draw against Colchester United at the Galpharm Stadium on 22 January 2011.

He then made his first start for the club in their 2–1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on 30 January 2011, which was then followed by his first league start in the 2–0 win over Carlisle United on 1 February 2011.

He scored his first goal for the club against Peterborough United on 9 April 2011, in the last minute to salvage a 1–1 draw.

Hunt's first start in the 2011–12 season came against Port Vale in the League Cup on 9 August 2011.

He scored with a 25-yard shot to put Huddersfield 3–1 up – they won 4–2 on the night.

His first league start of the season came four days later in a 2–2 draw away at Rochdale on 13 August 2011.

He scored his first league goal of the 2011–12 season against Leyton Orient on 24 September, he made the score 2–0 with a shot from 20 yards – the game ended 2–2.

Due to his overall performance of the course of the season, Hunt, along with his teammate Jordan Rhodes, were voted into the PFA League 1 Team of the Year.

Hunt became a first team regular, playing as a right–back, making 20 appearances and returned to the Galpharm after his loan expired in early January 2011.

Hunt scored his third goal of the season on 12 May 2012, in Huddersfield's play-off semi-final away victory over Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium MK giving Huddersfield a 2–0 win going into the second leg.

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Hunt began to attracted interests from clubs, such as, Fulham.

Hunt made his first start of the season in the opening round of the League Cup in the 2–0 away deft at Preston North End on Monday 13 August 2012, this was then followed by his first league game of the season away at Cardiff in Huddersfield's first game in the Football League Championship for 11 years in a 1–0 away loss.

Hunt gave an impressive display in his first home game of 2012–13 winning an injury time penalty which Jordan Rhodes scored to give Huddersfield a 1–1 draw on 21 August 2012.

Hunt was also named in Sky Sports team of the week on 23 August for his performance in Huddersfield first two games of the league campaign.

After undergoing a successful scan, Hunt returned to the first team and managed to regain in the first team for the 2012–13 season, playing in the left–back position, where he made forty appearances.

Then, Hunt was given a straight red card and an abusive language towards referee Graham Scott during a 4–0 loss against Millwall and injured his hamstring during a match against Bolton Wanderers on 2 April 2013.

The 2013–14 season saw Hunt being linked with a move to Premier League side Sunderland and Swansea City.

Also tracking Hunt were Reading, Wigan Athletic and Cardiff City.

However, Huddersfield Town revealed there were no enquiries to sign Hunt.

Despite this, Hunt remained in the first regular, where he began to play wide right at the start of the season and provided assist one of James Vaughan goals in a 2–1 win over Bradford City in the first round of the League Cup.

Once again, Hunt found himself in the transfer speculation, as Crystal Palace made a £2 million bid for Hunt.

Premier League side Crystal Palace signed Hunt on a four-year deal, from Huddersfield Town, on 2 September 2013.

Upon joining Crystal Palace, Hunt said on the move, quoting: "The interest from Crystal Palace filled me with a lot of confidence. Obviously the Premier is the best league in the world and I jumped at the chance to go to Palace. I spoke to the manager for a good hour, hour-and-a-half and the chat was brilliant, he is a brilliant man and very honest. I can't wait to play for him and you can see why he has such a good team spirit there, and that was only after one conversation with him".

However, before he could make his début, Hunt broke his ankle in training on 9 September, ruling him out for up to four months.

By January, Hunt returned to training after being told by the club's medical that he was given all-clear.

After his transfer to Sheffield Wednesday, Hunt said he stood by his decision over signing for Crystal Palace.

The Croydon Advertiser later listed Hunt as among eleven players to never live up to expectations.

On 29 January 2014, Hunt joined Championship side Barnsley on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.